Friday, June 18, 2010

Crews called to rescue five aboard boat

There were some hairy moments for five people on board a boat on the Potomac River on Thursday night.

While off the shores of Leesylvanaia State Park in Woodbridge, the boat started taking on water about 10:30 p.m. and then someone on board called for help. When a fire rescue boat approached, the vessel in distress shot a flare into the air to waive the boat in, said OWL VFD chief Jim McAllister.

All five aboard were wearing life vests,  but the crew was acting “rowdy”, so fire crews called for police assistance before they could move into rescue the five, said McAllister.

Because the boat was in distress closer to Maryland shores than Virginia's, Prince William officials decided to return their boats and allow Charles County, Md. crews to complete the rescue.

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